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  1. Jan 10th, 2011, 12:57 PM #1
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    I heard about Watson on NPR,

    I googled and found this.

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    A computer that can understand and respond to human language that will change the way we interact with machines. Watch the video to find out how Watson, the IBM computer system designed to play Jeopardy!, represents a breakthrough in language processing and analytics.

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    It will be interesting to watch this show, where the computer is pitted against humans to play a quiz. I am betting on the humans to win.

    Playing chess is one thing, but winning a quiz show would be a first for an AI.
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    Re: I heard about Watson on NPR,

    I have a feeling that Watson is just going to be searching Wikipedia in the background
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    Re: I heard about Watson on NPR,

    Quote Originally Posted by baja_yu View Post
    I have a feeling that Watson is just going to be searching Wikipedia in the background
    They did mention that Watson isn't going to be connected to the Internet.
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    Re: I heard about Watson on NPR,

    Pretty interesting stuff. Even IF it was mainly a huge database, the simple fact that it can find the question's subject from the animator's sentence is awesome
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    Re: I heard about Watson on NPR,

    Quote Originally Posted by abhijit View Post
    I googled and found this.



    It will be interesting to watch this show, where the computer is pitted against humans to play a quiz. I am betting on the humans to win.

    Playing chess is one thing, but winning a quiz show would be a first for an AI.
    An article. A quote from the article: "Watson easily beat the two champs in a dry run.
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